Greece

The Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens was first established in 1977 and was housed in a small space next to the city’s synagogue. However, the collection started to grow over the years and needed a much larger space...

By Andrew Chugg* An announcement by the Greek Ministry of Culture on 19th January 2015 has revealed that the skeletal remains uncovered by archaeologists in November 2014 within the tomb beneath the Kasta Mound at Amphipolis, Greece , comprised around...

The Jerusalem Post published an article documenting the beating one of its own journalists received at the hands of a hooded gang of men in downtown Athens outside the Archaeological Museum of Athens. Gil Shefler had been sent on...

Photographic material and documents from the excavations conducted in the ancient Greek town of Empúries in Spain will be presented at the Archaeological Museum of Delphi from April 27 to September 30. The exhibition is co-organized by the 10th Ephorate...

A homeless former engineer will run for councillor in Larissa, central Greece at the forthcoming municipal elections. He will pe running as part of the “Town Identity” local political platform. “This man is homeless, he addressed the Mayor of Larissa and the latter...

The fate of Greek orphans of the 1821 Revolution in the US is but a footnote in the history of the glorious uprising against the Turks. Nonetheless, it is definitely a fascinating one. What happened to some children who lost...

Athanasios Diakos is one of the most famous and tragic figures of the Greek War of Independence. He spent the early years of his life in theological training at the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos near Artotina. However, he was...

Greeks and Italians have so much in common, that one would need years to itemize each aspect of the bonds they share.

On December 10, 1963, Greek diplomat and poet Giorgos Seferis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature by King Gustav of Sweden.

India and Greece have now become “strategic partners,” announced Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Greece H.E. Kyriakos Mitsotakis. But what are the reasons for the friendship and strategic synergy between India and Greece? According...

The Greek goddess Chimera, was a monstrous composition of disparate parts that embodied an ancient fear of females.

Rediscover two of the most popular Greek islands and get to know a different side to Santorini and Mykonos—in September. These two islands that are known as major tourist attractions quiet down (a little) at the end of the summer...

The ancient lost city of Atlantis may indeed have been located on what is now known as the Greek island of Santorini.

Many Ancient Greek inventions, created many centuries ago, still play an incredibly large role in our daily lives today.

When one thinks of white, marble art and clear, cerulean waters of Tinos island, Greece comes to mind. The two are synonymous.